LODGENET PROMOTES STEPHEN D. McCARTY
TO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SALES & HOTEL RELATIONS

Newly Formed Group To Manage All Phases Of Customer Acquisition, Maintenance And Retention

SIOUX FALLS SD, July 18, 2002 – LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (NASD: LNET), the leading provider of broadband, interactive television services to the hospitality industry, today announced the promotion of Stephen D. McCarty to Senior Vice President of its newly formed Sales & Hotel Relations organization.

A 10-year LodgeNet veteran, McCarty will lead a group responsible for customer acquisition, management and retention including contract sales, sales administration, account management and customer lifecycle management.

“Our business objectives include two equally important goals:  gaining new contracts, and nurturing existing customer relationships to secure long-term renewals,” said Scott C. Petersen, President and CEO for LodgeNet. “Mr. McCarty’s achievements eminently qualify him to lead this group that will focus on the entire customer relationship and will represent the customer within our company.” 

Mr. McCarty joined LodgeNet in 1992 as Texas Regional Sales Manager. After winning three consecutive “Salesman of the Year” awards he was promoted to Director of Sales (Eastern Region), then to field Vice President (Dallas) and since January 2000 has served as Vice President Sales. Prior to joining LodgeNet, Mr. McCarty held sales management positions with Spectradyne and HBO. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University.

About LodgeNet

LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (www.lodgenet.com) is the leading provider in the delivery of broadband, interactive services to the lodging industry, serving more of the world’s hotels and more North American guest rooms and than any other provider in the industry. The company’s services include on-demand digital movies, digital music and music videos, Nintendo^® video games, high-speed Internet access and other interactive television services designed to serve the needs of the lodging industry and the traveling public. LodgeNet serves more than 930,000 rooms (including more than 880,000 interactive guest pay rooms) in more than 5,600 hotel properties, reaching more than 260 million travelers on an annual basis. LodgeNet is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET.

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